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As he walked out of Kelly s house he felt a tingling sensation from the ward she had put up.
Silly girl. He was a demon from the first fall with Lucifer. Not remotely a part of the lustful
idiots who had fallen with Asmodeus. Those dumbasses had been apprehended within years
of their fall. Not so with Lucifer s demons.
Lucifer. The prick. That man was psychotic. Being on Luc s shitlist wasn t somewhere you
wanted to be. Unfortunately he was currently at the top of that list, and if he didn t do
something that pleased the schizo soon he was going to get killed.
Unless, of course, he attained the powers from the witch.
He opened the door to his Ford F-350. Dog jumped up and sat in the passenger seat.
 You piss in here and I ll make a seat cover out of your ass.
Dog whimpered and let her tongue fall out of her mouth.
 No slobbering either.
As he put his sunglasses on, he recalled the time Kelly had asked him why he had named the
lab Dog. He had told her to spell Dog backwards.
She d seemed adequately appalled.
His other dogs had been appropriately named Michael, Raphael, Uriel and Gabriel, after the
four Holy Watchers. At Christmas he took pictures of the dogs with antlers on and sent them
to the angels. Strange, he d never received a card in return.
He started the truck, becoming more pissed off by the second. He d given the Demonic Book
of Spells to Kelly for her benefit as well as his own. Now the ungrateful bitch had taken off
on him. Or worse, she could have been apprehended by another demon.
She didn t contain the power to hide from him for long. She was a fake. Fucking tarot card
reader. Brianna was the one with the power, which was why he needed Kelly to bond with
her. Kelly was easily manipulated, whereas her friend was too strong-willed. His attempt to
get the book out of Kelly s hands for a while had failed. He had wanted her to become weak,
and she had been getting weaker by the hour. She would have turned on her friend in days.
Then Asmodeus had burst into the picture, ruining everything. He suddenly felt like the
captured villains in the Scooby Doo cartoons. If it wasn t for you meddling demons&
He was going to name his next dog Asmodeus. He d buy a poodle and put a pink ribbon
around its neck.
He had no more time to waste. He had to find Brianna and force her to summon Kelly. Kelly
was more than likely in a bad condition by now. He doubted he d have trouble getting her to
bond with Brianna.
Killing the two would bring an improvement to his current mood. He put the truck in reverse
and smiled at Dog.  Time to find the wicked witch, ToTo.
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Asmodeus leaned out of the car to take his shoes off and roll up his slacks. The breeze coming
off the water was a welcome change to what he had become accustomed to for the last few
centuries.
Brianna had tried to hide the fact she had been watching for the angels during the ride to the
beach. Three different times he d had to turn around because she d forgotten to tell him what
turn to take.
He stood and put his shoes and socks on the driver s seat and shut the door. Brianna stood in
front of the car waiting for him. She had worn a little black dress that clung to her every
curve.
He walked up to her and took her hand as though he had done it a million times before. It felt
natural to walk hand in hand with her. He absently ran his thumb over her silky skin as he
thought over the past few days. She d been less than forthcoming with him, and though it
should anger him, it didn t. The sight of her lying prone on the bed, drained of color, left a
terrible ache in his being. The last time he had experienced fear like that had been when he
had seen her car in the parking lot at Hickory Park.
It was damned confusing. He was falling for her. He could tell by the way he became
concerned every time her safety was at stake. Damned if he knew when it had happened. But
the truth was there would never be a relationship between them. It was against the laws of
nature.
As they reached the edge of the sand he couldn t help but think he didn t deserve this small
reprieve. For more than half of his life he d been punished. He was waiting for something
terrible to happen. Something that would take all of this away.
As they silently made their way toward the crashing waves he felt a connection with her. An
understanding. Brianna took his company for what it was worth, not for what he could give
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